Living in the Ottoman Realm. Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries

144 | Ibrahim ibn Khidr al-Qaramani the northern, Anatolian silk road, which by connecting Bursa directly with the centers of si ...

Wilkins|145 of a commercial partnership sanctioned by Islamic law called a mudāraba. In such an arrangement, al-Qaramani put up ...

146 | Ibrahim ibn Khidr al-Qaramani In the case of the loan for trade in India, the borrowers were not Indians, or even other gr ...

Wilkins|147 brought about by the conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate. Although we have no autobiographical material, the range of s ...

148 | Ibrahim ibn Khidr al-Qaramani Suggestions for Further Reading Doumani, Beshara. Rediscovering Palestine: The Merchants and ...

Wilkins|149 . Other notable merchant families appearing in the court records include that of Ibn al- Bajaqji (see SMS, 2:463; ...

 Mihrimah Sultan A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity Christine Isom-Verhaaren The Ottoman Empire’s vast territorie ...

Isom-Verhaaren|151 also reaped the benefit of proclaiming their own power and prestige through their architectural patronage. Lo ...

152 | A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity rule, the mother of a prince was vital in assisting her son in the competi ...

Isom-Verhaaren|153 succession—Mustafa or one of Hurrem’s sons—would not be resolved for an- other twenty years. In 1534 dramatic ...

154 | A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity among his administrators. Women’s education included womanly arts, and at ...

Isom-Verhaaren|155 Saliha, also married a grand vizier, Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha. These mar- riages indicate the continuing ...

156 | A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity Ali claimed that Sinan had been “viciously contentious, impetuous with wor ...

Isom-Verhaaren|157 existence is without limit. My felicitous sultan, I am the dust under your foot, in God’s name instantly that ...

158 | A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity women in Islamic history. The deed also enumerates the other buildings of ...

Isom-Verhaaren|159 The mosque was built to have great visibility, being situated below Süleyman’s mosque complex on the top of t ...

Figure 11.1 Interior of Rüstem Pasha Mosque. (Photograph by Christine Isom-Verhaaren.) ...

Figure 11.2 Example of Iznik tile, interior of Rüstem Pasha Mosque. (Photograph by Christine Isom-Verhaaren.) ...

162 | A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity Mihrimah’s mosque at Edirnekapı shows the genius of its architect, Mimar S ...

Isom-Verhaaren|163 an overwhelming illuminated summit, like a Mount Sinai that is a place of descent for flashes of light. *** ...